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PROCESS OF FORMING BEARINGS.

APPLICATION FILED MAILZZ, 1912.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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bearlng surfaces on machine elements to :correspond and cooperate with such 1rregurendering LUCIUS E. EVHITON, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

PROCESS OF FORMING BEARINGS.

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Be it known that 1, LUC-IUS W'rn'rox,

, a citizen of the United States, residing at New London, New London county, Conne cticu't, have invented certain new and use- I improvements in Processes of Forming Bearings, of which the following 18 a full, clear, and exact description.

ming bearings for machine elements, and rimarily designed to provide means hich are particularly efficacious when hear gfsurfaces of irregular contour are to be formed. 'lN'h'enmachine pal-is are mounted upon a' ifound shaft, or an logous element, it is .necessary to bore the gear element to the reu ired'cr'oss section of the shaft, spline the quire considerable time and skill and are correspqndingly efrpcnsive. When the gear elementis to he fitted to sucha shaft forfobviated and increased riving power zifi d 'bcaring surface secured, both for power transmission and sliding movement, by the usciofshaftingvof irregular cross sectional contours, such as; polygonal and oval, but the extreme nicety of calculation and great time required to machine the bearing parts .to.fit such. shafting makes this operation too cpstl to permit its commercial utilization. My invention makes it commercially practicable to use bearin s and shafting of such irregular contours or this purpose and is designed. to afforda quick,comparat1v ely inexpensive and practical means of forming any contoured shafting,'thereb the fuse commercially p'racticab etc a high ,ide'gree and securing greatly increased drivin power a-nd'wearin surface.

n its broad as ect, t e process consistsin t making. a, t in chilled casting, the inrnal contour of which corresponds to that pftlie' shaft or analogous element upon ivhicli um machine element is to be mount .edjlr e noving the chilled castin from the qhilljiclcgjriing and finishing tie interior 5 thereoff i finecessary and fitting it to its his invention relates to a process of aftand fit a key to the gear element and- 201 a the splined shaft. Tl1ese-=operations ren'd tojthis'gr0oi'c. These-o rations may Specification of Letters Patent.

casting appearing separate and unwelded form.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

Application filed l larch 2a. 1912. Seria1,Hc. 685,526.

shafting; subsequently securin the parts of the casting together by suitable means: and then using this casting as a core about which the desired machine or gear element is cast and to which it welds in the process of casting.

In the drawings I. have illustrated various embodiments of structure and steps in the process of forming these hearings.

In these drawings, Figure l is a. sectional view illustrating the formation of a chilled casting of hexagonal internal contour. Fig. :2 is a similar View showing the process as applied to oval shafting, the casting being otherwise somewhat modified. Fig. 3 is a View showing a composite gear elementwith a. hexagonal bearing surface formed in accordance with my process, the hub portion beingshown in section. Fi 4 is a. plan View ofa chilled casting suc as shown in Fig. 1. Fi" 5 is a view in elevation, partly insection, illustrating one form of a composite gear element such as shown in Fig. 3 and as formed according to my process, the

for purp,oses\of illustration. 1 Fig. 'til'is a 'vieivrin end elevation illustrating a iriodified form off-assembling means for the chilled"- castin after being stripped from its core. I

Referring to the'drayvings 'hy numerals, 1 indicates a more wvhose cross-sectional cont'our corresponds to that of the shaft or other elementiipon 'vvhich a machine. element is to be fitted. In Fig. 1 I have'shown this core as'beingihexagonal in shape, and in Fig. 2, as oval in'shape, these cross-sectional contours, however, bein'gjonly illustrative of the possibilities in variation of About this-core I make a cl led casting 2 which forms the hearing or ushing for the machine element. It is, of course, understood that the core member 1.- ac'zs to extract the heat from the thin casting 2- and chill or harden the surface thereof. In making this casting, I may form therein a lon- 100 gitudinally extending groove 3, or I may form two grooves diamcttrically opposite each other and may also form a transverse groove'or grooves 4. In some cases, it is desirable to form pairs of spaced lugs 5 at 0 diametrically oppositg points in the casting and, when the longitudinal grooves 3 are used in the same cast-ing the lugs of each pair are located on each pf the grooves. The grooves 3 formed in the-rusting are for 110 thepurpose of forming lines of weakness to thereby permit the casting. to be broken along the lines o-fthese grooves and strip cd from the core, (see Figs. 4, 5 and 6). n-

stead of forming these longitudinal grooves in the casting, I may, after the chill has been cast, mill a- -oove or grooves longitudinally thereof MK then break the chill along the line of this groove or grooves and separate it from the core. The separated casting, after removal from the core, is then cleaned and polished if necessary or desirable,and fitted to the shaft or other element upon which it is designed to be mounted. The sections of the separated casting are then bound together by wire (5, or, when the lugs 5 are cast thereon, by bolts or other fastening devices 7 connecting these lugs, and the assembled casting is then placed as a core in the center of the mold for the gear, pulley, bushing, sleeve, or other machine element, (see Fig. 5), and the latter then cast about it. The transverse grooves 4 hereinbcfore referred to and lugs 5 act as abutments and assist in binding the casting or core to the body of the machine element,

this core being welded securely into the ele- "ment being cast thereabout, and the sections of the core itself being securely held together in proper alinement by the mass of metal surrounding the core and forming the machine element. In Fig. 3 I show in section the composite hub of a gear element so formed, the original relative position of the chilled casting core being indicated in dotted lines. When binding wire is used, it may be wound around in these grooves or may encircle the casting at other points. The lugs 5 and transverse coves 4 may be used alternately or in com ination, and are susceptible of a wide range of modification.

It will thus be seen that I have devised an expeditious and commercially practicable process by which machine elements may be provided with bearing surfaces of desired cross-sectional contour and by which a machine element may be molded or cast with a bearing surface of desired specific cross-section.

As I have hereinbcfore stated, the process of my invention has been shown in connection with hexagonal and oval shafting or other analogous element. The process, however, is not restricted to these sgecific forms,

but has a wide range of use wit in the scope of the invention and of the appended claims. What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The process of forming bearing sleeves for machine elements which consists in making a thin chilled casting about a core of the,

desired cross-sectional contour, removing the feasting therefrom and positioning it as a "core, and casting thereabout' amachine-elemeat.

2.'The process offorming bearing sleeves for machine elements which consists in making a thin casting about a core of the crosssectional contour of the bearing surface, breaking said casting on its core and removing it therefrom, assembling the separated parts and positioning said casting in a mold as a core, and casting thcreabout and weld ing thereto the machine element desired.

3. The process of forming bearing sleeves for machine elements which consists in making a thin casting about a core of the desired cross-sectional contour, forming a weakening groove in said casting, breaking said castmg along the line of weakness and removing it from its core, assembling said casting in a mold as a core, and casting thereabout the machine element desired.

4. The process of forming bearing sleeves for machine elements which consists in making a thin chilled casting about a core of the desired cross-sectional contour, forming a weakening groove or grooves longitudinally of the casting, breaking the casting along the lines of said groove or grooves and stripping it from its core, assembling and securing together the sections of the chilled casting, positioning it in a mold as a core and casting thereabout the machineelement desired.

5. The process of formin non-circular bearing sleeves for machine e ements which consists in making a thin chilled casting about a core of the desired cross-sectional contour, breaking the casting on said core and removing the casting therefrom, and positioning the assembledchilled casting in a mold as a core andcasting thereabout, the machine element desired.

6. The process of forming non-circular bearings for machine elements which consists in making a thin chilled casting about a core of the desired cross-sectional contour, forming a weakening groove in said casting, breaking said casting along the lines of weakness and removing it from its core, assembling said casting in a mold as a. core, and casting thereabout the machine element desired.

7. The step in the process of forming bearing sleeves for machine elements which consists in forming about a core of the desired cross-sectional contour a thin casting provided with an abutment surface projecting above the plane of the casting and adapted to bind the casting to a machine element cast thereabout.

8. The process of forming machine elements provided with hearing sleeves of definite cross-sectional contour which consists in making a thin chilled casting about a core of the desired cross-sectional contour, forming a weakening groove in the casting, breaking the eastingalong the line of said core, assembling anc'i securing together the sectioiis of the casting: and positioning the casting in a mold as a, bore, anti-casting .thereabont the machine tiement desired.

9. The m'oeess of for v. w; bearing; fer machine elements, m in I z 1: .MM. sired erase-2, -u'ining said casting w spaced! abutments project the plane 0f the mating, i awe" in exit} awn. nentsl and breaking said met 115 the Qiine 9f said weakening mid Patent Oflice.

[SEAL] 3111? on said. casting complementary spaced 35 lugs projecting upwardlv from the plane of the (2215x1115! forming; a weakening groove in said casting between said-lugs, breaking said castiiig aleng the line 'of said weakening grmvie's am remeving it from itemize E1"- 40 sembling said castimz'i'n a mold 'as a core with the tug-1s thereof rigidly connected to 231112 i casting together, and

the tasting 1 rezibou't the desired machine element.

'WHITON.

r v LUCHTS Minn: @HAIQ'BLER, 'L'EIYEEEER Q. Smeews,

It is hereby certified teat in Letteris Patent tie. Ltiififiw, Janiiiei yi,

' 1912i, uponythe a pplicatien of LuciueE'. whiten; of New Medan eimeeticiiigyfer an im iroveimmt in Erocesses of Formiiig Beariiagef an efwr appears 1in the 'gizi'zinte'il specificatien requiririg' c rreetion as feliow sz Page 2, line 106, for the'woi'd been ings read beeim'seg sleeves; end that thesaidi Letters Bait/ant 85.011111 mad'with this correction therein that the same may conform to the reeerd of the ease in the Signed and seaied'this 98th day of January, A1 D. 1913,

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core, assembling anc'i securing together the sectioiis of the casting: and positioning the casting in a mold as a, bore, anti-casting .thereabont the machine tiement desired.

9. The m'oeess of for v. w; bearing; fer machine elements, m in I z 1: .MM. sired erase-2, -u'ining said casting w spaced! abutments project the plane 0f the mating, i awe" in exit} awn. nentsl and breaking said met 115 the Qiine 9f said weakening mid Patent Oflice.

[SEAL] 3111? on said. casting complementary spaced 35 lugs projecting upwardlv from the plane of the (2215x1115! forming; a weakening groove in said casting between said-lugs, breaking said castiiig aleng the line 'of said weakening grmvie's am remeving it from itemize E1"- 40 sembling said castimz'i'n a mold 'as a core with the tug-1s thereof rigidly connected to 231112 i casting together, and

the tasting 1 rezibou't the desired machine element.

'WHITON.

r v LUCHTS Minn: @HAIQ'BLER, 'L'EIYEEEER Q. Smeews,

It is hereby certified teat in Letteris Patent tie. Ltiififiw, Janiiiei yi,

' 1912i, uponythe a pplicatien of LuciueE'. whiten; of New Medan eimeeticiiigyfer an im iroveimmt in Erocesses of Formiiig Beariiagef an efwr appears 1in the 'gizi'zinte'il specificatien requiririg' c rreetion as feliow sz Page 2, line 106, for the'woi'd been ings read beeim'seg sleeves; end that thesaidi Letters Bait/ant 85.011111 mad'with this correction therein that the same may conform to the reeerd of the ease in the Signed and seaied'this 98th day of January, A1 D. 1913,

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